Congratulations to Dave, A12Pilot
 

A big congrats to Dave M. for recently finishing his upgrade to Captain at American. That is a big deal for a career pilot. Dave and I flew together back in 2001 at TWA and have been friends ever since. You couldn't ask for a better guy to fly in the left seat of a plane you are flying in.

Congrats Dave!!!

Big congrats!!!

Hope to be a passenger one day!!!

Ryan W31

Congrats Dave, Both Bro's Captains at AA and DAL, AA guy 777 Reserve Cap, never works, nice gig. Good luck!

Congrats!!!!



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Very cool and looks like I owe you a tall frosted glass of

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Man, I’m speechless! Thanks, Phil...and everyone!!! I remember that trip well when we met, Phil. I come stumbling into PIT after Deadheading in to start out, met you downstairs awaiting the arrival of our Jurrasic Jet, the mighty JT-8D powered Diesel -9. You had just driven into the trip since you were flying the Hercs out of there (I think?:hmmm:) and you commented, “Hey, we are overnighting in Cedar Rapids, and I don’t know if you’re into classic cars or not, but there’s this place called Duffy’s I was going to check out and...”:smile: And the rest is history!!!:burnout:

Phil is the coolest captain out there, and we all learn from the best, my man!:flag: The compliments you extend to me are a reflection of the impression you made on that new First Officer knowing one day I’d be hoping to be the same kind of Captain you are!:scholar::worship::biggthumpup::biggthumpup:

Cheers to yous guys!:beers:

Dave

Captain my Captain....Congrats! Well deserved :)

Now perhaps you will get off your ass and get some projects finally finished :)

Let me know when you'll next be at ORD.

Dan

Congrats Captain America(n) !!

Congratulations, Dave. I hope to fly with you someday.

Well THAT is a BIG deal!!! Congrats Dave!!!:eek2::burnout:

Congrats Dave...so now we have at least 3 captains on this board that I know of.

• Dave-A12Pilot
• Phil-Woj
• Bill E.-427TJ

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Awesome, congrats!

Congrats Dave! :beers: Are we supposed to salute ya now?? :flag: I'll be looking for ya on my future American flights!! What's the redline on those jets??? :D

Congrats Dave!

Thanks men!:biggthumpup: One thing I’m excited about going back to the 737 is the variety of layovers I’ll get so I can see more friends around the country. The 757/767 while cool, was very limited with where it flew to.

So now I can hit some cities and see some car buds from this site:3gears: Cleveland/Columbus for the “Ohio Mafia”, Seattle for Tom406, Charlotte for Sixt9rsx33, South FL for Markinnaples and BillOhio, Knoxville for Cook_dw (or is that Nashville??:hmmm:), PHX for Bruce and the Pavillion’s Group, Toronto for the “Canadian Connection” and as I travel around and come to a city near you, let’s meet for some BS and a Brew! Hey, I should start a sticky thread: “Where’s Super Dave?” I’ll update it hourly and if I’m coming to a city near you, hit the “Beer” button on the SuperDave App (coming soon:rolleyes2:) for a free brew coupon!:biggthumpup:

OK, maybe the latter won’t really happen, but it will be nice to see friends around the country again.:cool2:

Thanks again for the well wishes guys!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Well done, you.

Two pilots in my family: my eldest son is a pilot for Delta, and his wife is a pilot for Spirit.

Both were captains in their respective regionals (SkyWest and American) but had to move over a seat when they got into the majors.

K

Congrats Dave! You're always welcome to come and look at cars in the Lancaster, PA area :-)

Carry on Captain :flag:

Congratulations Dave. You earned it so enjoy it! Maybe one of these days I will fly with you (and Phil for that matter).

Congratulations Dave! Epic accomplishment for a great guy.

Cool - congratulations! Now you can play w/the radio (or at least pick the station?)! Don't like A/C? Open the windows ...!

----Although we don't know each other well (my bad) there's a spare room at the Stephenson house if you lay over in Detroit. Right around an hour from D airport...…Bill S

Captain Dave
Bill is a good guy to hang with, him and Grady go back a ways. He is one of us old Geezers like me on fixed income, you might be buyin' the beer :beers:

Congratulations Dave...well deserved!

Congrats Dave! You are a seriously talented individual. I look for your posts first each time I visit the site.

Congrats Dave on your promotion. You ever fly into DLH? I will buy a beer or two.

Congrats Dave!!

Rich

Thanks again guys! I appreciate it! You guys rock!:youguysrock:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

----Loaded down with IPA, so....no problems,,,,,LOL!!! And,,,Then there's the Kentucky Bourbon collection, but I only tell my friends about that. Wait a minute, I just did!!! And thanks for the props, Mike!......Bill S

That Bourbon collection is not for the faint of heart......

Congrats Dave ....I will be on AA going to Costa Rica .... I sure wish we could request our Captain !!

congrats dave!!! Could not have happened to a better person.. Way to go, buddy!

We like to call Detroit “Day-Twah” which has a more sophisticated ring to it and makes it appear that we’re headed to some sort of vacation destination!:cool2: “Boooownjuorno, und velcome to yer same day Turbojet service to Day-Twah.” Sorta throw in a mix of French, German, and a Southern twang to confuse everyone!:hmmm:

I’ll do that for sure, Bill when I’m up there.

When you headed to headed down there, Doug?

Thanks Again guys!!! Phillytown too so I can see my brother from another mother, Frank!:3gears:

Cheers
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Dave

I'm flying American all the time from Sacramento to Phoenix. Should I be worried about looking up and seeing your mug ? Short flight and sometimes I manage to doze off since I'm so old but now I'm not so sure.

Congrats!!

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Classic movie right there! :biggthumpup:

Oh, don’t you worry Charley.....I’ll see to it you don’t fall asleep on my flight! :laugh: Wait...that didn’t come out right....:hmmm:

Cheers:beers:
Dave